The crisis nursery helps keep kids up to five years old safe when their home life becomes unstable.

“Without the nursery, they will either leave their children in an unsafe situation, or they will contact Child Protective Services and request a foster placement,” said Heidy Kellison. “We keep families together and we save lives.”

The nursery was slated to close next month if new funding didn’t come through. On top of the $200 from the young fundraisers, supervisors approved $80,000 in emergency funds on Tuesday.

The Kelly Foundation and Woodland Healthcare kicked in an additional $50,000 each.

From a healthcare standpoint, advocates say the nursery keeps kids out of emergency rooms by preventing abuse and neglect.

The home also received $20,000 from two family foundations, bringing the grant total to $200,000.

“It gets us a full fiscal year closer to securing a new host agency and it saves the Yolo Crisis Nursery,” Kellison said.